Police 207 Captain Albert Steede stroked his third century of the season as champions Western Stars began the defence of their Knockout Cup title with a comprehensive 110-run victory over Police at Police field on Saturday.

Steede finished on 149 after three hours and six minutes, hitting 13 fours and two sixes, and sharing with fellow opener Treadwell Gibbons (25) an opening stand of 83.

Also in good batting form for Stars was veteran Ricky Brangman with 45.

Opener David Greenidge cracked a century for Police but his knock of 107, including 16 fours and a six, was insufficient to inspire a fightback as no other batsman made a decent contribution.

Cleon Scotland was the best bowler for Stars with four for 48 off 10 overs while Justin Robinson had two for 27 off six overs and JaJa Millett two for 36.

Somerset 266-9 Willow Cuts 218 Tony Cheeseman took four for 28 and Shaun Roberts struck 52 to lead last year's beaten finalists, Somerset, to a 48-run victory over rivals Willow Cuts at Somerset.

Cheeseman claimed his wickets off just 6.1 overs with one maiden while skipper Wendell White took two for 32 off nine overs and Leon Place two for 57 off 10 overs.

In addition to Roberts, who hit two sixes and six fours, Shane Hollis contributed 49 for Somerset while Francis Richardson scored 38 and Cheeseman 36.

Charles Swan took four for 33 for Willow Cuts, who had a solid start to their innings when openers Dwight Basden and skipper Dexter Basden put on 126, with Dwight scoring 59 and Dexter 55.

PHC 130 Devonshire Rec. 130 PHC came out winners in the first tie of the season, beating Devonshire on a faster scoring rate at the Rec.

PHC posted their runs off 23.1 overs while the home team took 27.4 overs to reach the same total.

Spearheading PHC to victory were bowlers Shoron Hunt and Calvin Waldron who combined to take nine wickets between them. Hunt had five for 44 off 8.4 overs while Waldron took four for 39 off 10 overs.

Omar Amory was top bat for Devonshire with 26 while Rudy Smith scored 22 and Winston Trott 21.

Trott also took five wickets for 39 runs off just 7.1 overs while team-mate Amory returned four for 17 off a mere two overs to lead the Devonshire attack.

Sheridan Ming was top bat for PHC with 33 while James Pace followed with 19.

Somerset Bridge 89 Cleveland 91-3 Cleveland made short work of Somerset Bridge, winning by seven wickets at White Hill.

Allrounder Peter Philpott and Courtney Trott combined to snatch eight wickets between them as Bridge were skittled out for 89, Philpott taking four for 25 off just 3.4 overs and Trott four for 41 off eight overs.

Opener Leroy Brangman was high man for Bridge with 16 while Dennis Brangman scored 15.

Cleveland took just 12.5 overs to reach victory with opener Jason Simons undefeated on 22 and fellow opener Anthony Bascome scoring 18.

Bailey's Bay 339-8 Warwick 124 Captain Charlie Marshall blasted 100 and Jermaine Warner and Irving Romaine 53 apiece as Bailey's Bay romped to a 215-run win at Sea Breeze Oval.

Bay, who only just beat Warwick a week ago, made no mistake this time as an opening stand of 88 between Warner and Dennis Trott (24) laid the foundation for their big total. Quinton King took two for 42 and Jason Williams two for 68 for the visitors.

Warwick found runs hard to come by against some tight Bay bowling which reduced them to 62-6. Michael Stovell was the high man for Warwick with 21.

Burton Outerbridge claimed three for 27 from seven overs.

St. George's 216-9 Flatts 74 Herbie Bascome claimed four for 12 off six overs and Travis Smith three for six from 3.2 overs as St. George's enjoyed an easy 142-run win over Flatts at Wellington Oval.

Flatts were dismissed in just 23.2 overs with former St. George's player Andrew Richardson their high man with 24 at the top of the innings.

Eugene Foggo led the St. George's batting with 39 and Mark Ray scored 32, with the match reduced to 42-overs per team because of a late start. Derek Wright took two for 24 and Philip Burgess two for 22.

St. David's 195-8 Southampton 198-8 An unbroken ninth wicket stand of 32 between Ian Armstrong (14) and David Saltus (16) led Rangers to a two-wicket win over St. David's.

Rangers were headed for victory at 166-6 when Sammy Robinson picked up two wickets in one over to give St. David's hope. Robinson finished with three for 20 off eight overs.

Olin Jones was high man Rangers with 41 while Clevie Wade scored 38.

Earlier Chris Foggo scored 35 to lead the St. David's batting while Glenn Blakeney scored 34.